This spectacular image of an airship amid machines in far state of decay and bio-hazard comes from an artist by the name of Gutalin. Click here for a larger version of the image as well as several close-up views of it which reveal the meticulous and spectacular detail worked into this artwork. Thanks to Erasmus for ...

Steampunk is overwhelmingly a Western phenomena. Besides an interest in the genre in Japan, most steampunk enthusiasts seem to be Westerners and most of steampunk fiction either takes place in the Western world or featured Western characters. But, of course, there is more to steampunk than Victorian Britain. In fact, we at The Gatehouse always like ...

The way station was the ultimate fantasy of the Space Age. Its purpose seemed so clear that few bothered to contemplate whether ever a gargantuan star base would be necessary. As the text to this vintage illustration explains, way stations “could be used as weather stations, astronomical observatories, supply points for military space bases, data collection ...

If you missed Dieselpunks last week, there’s still time to jump in your wayback machine!...